What Is Your Magic Reach?

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Posted on May 23, 2016, 10:39 p.m. by zephramtripp

How many cards has an average M:TG player actually played against?

Help me find out by going to Gatherer. Then press the random button until you see a card that you have legitimately seen in play, either by you or against you in real life. Report what card and what number it was. Then do the same for online if that's your thing.

Thanks!

Rhadamanthus says... #2

If I understand the question correctly: The first hit was Erg Raiders, which was the second random card.

May 23, 2016 11:01 p.m.

ojmandias says... #3

The first random card I got was Island

The second time I did it it was five and the card was Telepathy

May 23, 2016 11:03 p.m.

heres a list of my attempts. I did it a lot, restarting each time I hit one. hope it helps?

1) Splintering Wind 4 deep

2) Moon Sprite 6 deep

3) Lurking Crocodile 5 deep

4) Loch Korrigan 3 deep

5) Justice 3 deep

May 23, 2016 11:27 p.m.

My first hit was Drudge Skeletons, 2 deep.

Only took me a half dozen tries to get the spelling- whether it was Dreg or Dredge or Drudge, Skeleton or Skeletons...

May 23, 2016 11:36 p.m.

pipercraven says... #6

Giving it a couple tries
A: 5 Do or Die
B: 2 Forest
C: 4 Axebane Guardian
D: 1 Noble Purpose
E: 4 Fiend Hunter
F: 3 Kyren Legate
G: 1 Plains
H: 10 Suntail Hawk

May 23, 2016 11:47 p.m.

OOPS I did the thing wrong.

IM SORRY

ill do it again, I thought it was until one you haven't played with

1) Winter Orb 1 deep

2) Island 1 deep

3) Plateau 3 deep

4) Pestilence 3 deep

5) Kruphix's Insight 6 deep

6) Urza's Power Plant 1 deep

7) Nest Invader 2 deep

8) Order of the Ebon Hand 4 deep

9) Wall of Blossoms 1 deep

10) Rampant Growth 1 deep

SORRY ABOUT THAT

May 23, 2016 11:53 p.m.

Servo_Token says... #8

I chose to go for cards that i've seen in sanctioned play only, turned out not too bad.

1st attempt: Rootborn Defenses 3rd card

2nd attempt: Treetop Village 2nd card

3rd attempt: Shriekmaw 5th card

4th attempt: Mulldrifter 1st card

5th attempt: Island 15th card (Passed several Standard and EDH staples, the second card I got would have been if I would have stuck with standard)

6th attempt: Wastes 1st card

7th attempt: Taiga [Beta] 2nd card, I have played against a beta taiga

8th attempt: Locket of Yesterdays 1st card

9th attempt: Plains 4th card

10th attempt: Satyr Wayfinder 5th card

I thought this was fairly interesting. Sans Basic lands, I'd say that I have decent reach with the only real oddballs coming from a strain of EDH cards or draft cards that are older than I am.

May 24, 2016 12:04 a.m.

First go, I got Demonic Consultation which seems like an easy way to mill your entire library in one go. :p Go Laboratory Maniac!

May 24, 2016 12:58 a.m.

TheHroth says... #10

  1. Ornithopter 3rd
  2. Elvish Archdruid 4th
  3. Mountain 2nd, or disregarding basic lands, Hero of Goma Fada 3rd
  4. Izzet Charm 7th
  5. Leafcrown Dryad 2nd
  6. Kavu Predator 8th
  7. Swamp 2nd, or disregarding basic lands, Ethereal Ambush 4th
  8. Plated Seastrider 2nd
  9. Artisan of Kozilek 4th
  10. Raise the Alarm 1st
May 24, 2016 1:27 a.m.

PepsiAddicted says... #11

  • Naturalize (1st)
  • Jace, Memory Adept (3rd)
  • Spirespine (1st)
  • Hordeling Outburst (4th)
May 24, 2016 1:47 a.m.

Argy says... #13

7: Island
8: Sol Ring

I've only been playing for a couple of years.

May 24, 2016 2:25 a.m.

DaftVader says... #14

7,2,1,1,1,1,1,3,3,9,2,1,3

Mostly lands and stuff I've seen in commander/standard. I was useless at the older ones though (with the exception of stuff I searched for to build commander decks).

May 24, 2016 5:03 a.m.

GobboE says... #15

After three goes I had Path to Exile, the cards I had with the other two attempts were either very bad (Lava Dart) or very expensive (Timetwister) so haven't seen them in play yet

May 24, 2016 6:52 a.m.

MagicalHacker says... #16

Can I have the link to the random card on gatherer? It's not visible on a phone...

May 25, 2016 12:03 p.m.

zephramtripp says... #17

May 25, 2016 5:39 p.m.

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